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Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.

Sonia Sotomayor

As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society.
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Equality Existence Inequality Ourselves Protection Race Society Task
The challenges I have faced – among them material poverty, chronic illness, and being raised by a single mother – are not uncommon, but neither have they kept me from uncommon achievements.
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Achievement Challenge Face Material Myself Poor Poverty Sick
There are no bystanders in this life.
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Life One Liner Stand
Until we reach equality in education, we can’t reach equality in the larger society.
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Education Equality Reach Society
Diabetes taught me discipline.
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Discipline Myself One Liner Sick Teaching
Without question, so many people, throughout my life, never think of Puerto Rico as part of the United States. Many people have no idea what the relationship is between Puerto Rico and the United States. And certainly, I have been asked if we are citizens.
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Citizenship Ideas Life Myself People Question Relationship Thinking
I do know one thing about me: I don’t measure myself by others’ expectations or let others define my worth.
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Expectation Myself Self Love Worth
We apply law to facts. We don’t apply feelings to facts.
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Difference Fact Feelings Law
If the system is broken, my inclination is to fix it rather than to fight it. I have faith in the process of the law, and if it is carried out fairly, I can live with the results, whatever they may be.
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Break Carry Fight Live Myself Process Result System
To me, lawyering is the height of service – and being involved in this profession is a gift.
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Gift Law Myself Professional Service
As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.
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Build Community Discover Stand Strength Wall Yourself
There are no bystanders in life. Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.
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Greatness Humanity Life Ourselves Stand
I realized that people had an unreal image of me, that somehow I was a god on Mount Olympus. I decided that if I were going to make use of my role as a Supreme Court Justice, it would be to inspire people to realize that, first, I was just like them and second, if I could do it, so could they.
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Decision God Image Justice Myself People Reality Reputation
You can’t dream unless you know what the possibilities are.
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Dreams Possible Yourself
Pretending to be a princess is fun, but it is definitely not a career.
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Career Fun Pretend
I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.
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Focus Myself Negative Positive

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